2010 CAA Convention Agenda
Register by fax or mail for 2010 Convention
Need hotel room at Breckenridge Beaver Run
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2010 CAA Convention Agenda
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Register by fax or mail for 2010 Convention
Need hotel room at Breckenridge Beaver Run
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Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
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10:30AM |
Exhibitor Registration and Set-up (Room 17 - Breckenridge Ballroom) |
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1:00-4:00PM
Break 2:30PM Sponsored by CAA |
Pre-Convention Seminars (Second Floor - Summit Gallery)
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1:00PM-7:00PM |
General and Exhibitor Registration Open |
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4:30-6:00PM
5:00-6:00PM |
Exhibits Open
Light Dinner in exhibit room Sponsored by Starkey Group |
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5:50-6:00PM |
Conference Opening Remarks --Theresa Small, CAA President |
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6:00-8:00PM |
Audiology: An Audiologist Looks at Audiology --Jerry Northern PHD Featured Speaker Room 14 |
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8:00-10:00PM
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Opening Party in Exhibit Hall Cash Bar, light hors d‘oeuvres Celtic music by our own Mary Ball & friends plus Karen Mercer
Sponsored by MicroTech Room 17 (exhibits room) |
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010
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6:30AM |
Exercise TBA'd |
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7:00AM |
Registration open |
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7:00-11:30AM |
Exhibits open |
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7:00-8:00AM |
Breakfast buffet with Exhibitors Sponsored by Phonak Exhibit Hall (Room 17) |
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7:50-8:00AM |
Conference Opening Remarks --Theresa Small, CAA President Room - 14 |
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8:00-10:00AM |
“Cerumen Management Workshop” - Rita Chaiken,AuD Featured Speaker (This is a separate course covering all aspects of CM) Room - 16
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8:00-9:00AM |
“Pediatric & Educational Audiology Partnerships” -- Cheryl DeConde-Johnson, EdD Room - 14 |
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9:00-10:00AM |
“Consumer
Behavior of the Baby Boomer Generation” |
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10-10:30AM |
BREAK in Exhibit Hall Sponsored by Widex Exhibitor Hall (Room 17) |
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10:30-11:30AM |
“Clinical Aspects of a New Category of Hearing Aids” - Bunny Barber, AuD Room - 14
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10:30-11:30AM |
“Cerumen Management Workshop” (Continued) - Rita Chaiken,AuD Room - 16 |
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11:30-1:00PM |
Business Lunch Copper Room III Sponsored by Siemens Hearing Instruments - Special advisements from Charlie Hebeler & Suzanne Hamilton, CAA Lobbyists Copper Room III |
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1:00-7:00PM |
Exhibits open |
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1:00-2:00PM |
“Listening Difficulties in Realistic Environments” - Donald Schum Room - 14 or |
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1:00-3:00PM |
“Cerumen Management Workshop” (Practical Application) - Rita Chaiken,AuD Room - 15 |
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2:00-3:00PM |
“Starting and Maintaining a Private Practice…These Days!” -- Barry Freeman, PhD (Panel Leader) Panelists: - Julie Eschenbrenner AuD - Chandace Jeep, PhD - John Molina, AuD - Alexandra Brenemen, AuD Room - 14 |
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3:00-3:30PM |
BREAK in Exhibit Hall Sponsored by Prescott's Microscopes |
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3:30-5:00PM |
“My Point Precisely" Invitational College Bowl” AuD students from Team-UNC vs Team-CU moderated by - Deanna Meinke, PhD (UNC Captain) and TBA (CU Captain) Room - 14 Honorariums for student sponsored by AudioSync |
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5:00-7:00PM |
Cocktail Hour and Live Auction in Exhibit Hall Cash Bar, Keg, Box Wine, very light hors d‘oeuvres Sponsored by Oticon Jazz piano with Chuck Berlin (Courtesy Persona-Medical) |
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7:00PM |
Dinner on your own (Look for deals on local Restaurants) Exhibit Teardown (no exhibits on Saturday)
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Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010
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6:30-7:30AM |
Exercise / Hike (meet in front of Beaver Run Resort) |
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7:45-8:45AM |
BREAKFAST AAA President Update and Overview of the American Academy of Audiology 2010 Activities Patrica Krikos PhD Room 17 Sponsored by Colorado Academy of Audiology |
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9:00AM-1:00PM
BREAK 10:15-10:30AM |
“53 years of mistakes I’ve made in Audiology and how you can prevent them” (part of a 6 hour class) - Chuck Berlin, PhD Featured Speaker Room - 15-16
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9:00AM-1:00PM
BREAK 10:15-10:30AM |
“Special Topics in Audiology” Moderated by Stacy Claycomb, AuD
1. “Advances in ABR/ASSR Technology” David Speidel, AuD 2. “Auditory Neuropathy” Sue Dreith, AuD 3. “Down’s Hearing Center Multi-Disciplinary Team” Shannon Burns, AuD 4. “Newborn Hearing Screening Web-based Reporting” Vickie Thomson
Room - 14 |
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1:00PM |
Convention Adjourns |
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1:30PM |
Executive Board Meeting |
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF PRE-CONVENTION COURSES Objective: Hearing healthcare professionals will learn about Cochlear's implantable hearing technology: The Cochlear ™ Nucleus ® 5 and the Baha ® system. Topics include: Overview of Hearing and Hearing Loss, implantable technology overview, candidacy criteria, referral procedures, building successful partnerships, medical/surgical consideration, benefits of binaural and bimodal hearing and emerging technology. Objectives will be accomplished via lecture, live demonstration and attendee participation. Attendees will learn to: 1. Identify and clinically apply the primary components of BestSound technology, 2. Understand the relation between technology & wearer benefit 3. Utilize the CONNEXX software for counseling as well as programming hearing instruments and the Tek Wireless Enhancement System
Objective: Participants will learn: a) How to select the product for specific hearing loss; b) How each technology level applies different functions; c) How to program specific features to customize for the needs of patients; and d) The use of counseling tools within the Connexx software
Objective: Participants will receive instruction on, Unitron's Product portfolio including: Smarfocus™; new solutions for CROS/BICROS fittings (Tadem™); super power (*360™) and Smart alert System™ - the first fully integrated hearing and alerting system.
Objective: How staying connected impacts quality of life over the decades; what contributes to successful connections; what new hearing instrument features contribute to effortless speech understanding in noise; & what are the keys to demonstrating connectivity successfully.
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